I must be scarred from always being put in the full-back position as a child playing Boy's Club. (Full-back was the least important position on the kiddy team field -- if the other team made it that far, thankfully the better athletes would be there to stop them rather than relying on me.) The result is I find this sport much less interesting than, say, curling. Hockey on grass would work for me but that I think field hockey already takes the title. Summary: maybe soccer is different in the US because we are a nation of child full-backs.

Yes, I played fullback a lot too. I understood it to mean, "stay out of the way." However, if I determined the sports that I watched based on my own athletic prowess, I I wouldn't ever be able to set foot in a sports bar. I am glad that I took the time to watch what I anticipate will be the only real bright spot in the US's trip to Rio. They need to do a much better job of ball control, if they are going to hang with the big boys. That said, I'd love to be proven wrong.